After 25 years of faithfully patronizing my highly competent mechanics, I fear that they are getting nervous about their approaching retirement. I have always trusted them, and they have always done a ...

After checking your brake system, if you find that you have a leak or you have to bleed your brakes, you'll have to restore the brake fluid in your master cylinder to its proper level. Here are some ...

Brake fluid is hygroscopic, a fancy word that means it attracts water. Water is the enemy of a brake system. The moisture can boil and cause brakes to fade or can cause internal rust, which can damage ...

Dear Tom and Ray: After 25 years of faithfully patronizing my highly competent mechanics, I fear that they are getting nervous about their approaching retirement. I have always trusted them, and they ...

One wrong bottle of brake fluid can silently destroy everything downstream.

Brake fluid lasts two to three years under typical conditions regardless of mileage, as it absorbs moisture from the air continuously in both driven and parked vehicles. Most manufacturers specify a ...

What does the user manual recommend. Keep in mind that the manual is written by the manufacturer, while the dealers are totally separate companies. They are going to push anything and everything they ...

The old saying goes, "It's better to stop short, than not to stop at all." Okay, we just made that up, but it applies perfectly to this story's topic: better brakes. In the past we've shown you how to ...

Johannesburg - So how often should you change your brake fluid? Dewald Ranft, Chairman of the Motor Industry Workshop Association (MIWA), an association of the Retail Motor Industry (RMI), says this ...